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PART II - VISBY RULES 567Article 4 (5) - Limits of liabilityde nous réunir demain matin à 10 heurespour voter, suivant la règle en cette matière,les amendements d’abord, le texteproposé par la Commission ensuite.[111]Je déclare donc la discussion généraleclose.Septième Séance Plénière -22 Février 1968Le Président. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[114]Nous passons à l’autre sujet qui faitl’objet de notre réunion de ce matin.Nous avons, hier soir, clôturé les débatssur les problèmes soulevés par l’article 2,§ 1.Nous nous trouvons en présenced’un texte soumis par le comité de rédactiondésignée par votre assemblée etsur ce texte, il y a deux amendements.L’un de ces amendements est présentépar les délégations de la République Fédéraled’Allemagne, du Japon, des Pays-Bas et du Danemark.gest we meet tomorrow morning at 10.00to vote, in accordance with the rule, theamendments first, followed by the textproposed by the committee.[111]The general discussion is then closed.Seventh Plenary Session -22 February 1968The Chairman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[114]We move on to the other subject, themain topic of our meeting this morning.We ended, last night, our debate on theproblems that article 2(1) would create.We have before us a text submittedby the drafting committee appointed byyour assembly. And on this text, there aretwo amendments. One of them is submittedby the delegations of the FederalRepublic of Germany, Japan, the Netherlands,and Denmark 8 .The other is submitted by the Frenchdelegation 9 .8[215]Document 17Article 2, paragraphe 1Amendment submitted by the Delegations of the Federal Republic of Germany,Japan, The Netherlands and DenmarkAprès le mot “endommagées” ajouter les mots “ne dépassant pas un maximum de 200.000 francs parcolis ou unité”.9[219]Document 20Article 2, paragraph 1Amendment submitted by the French DelegationIn article 4 of the Convention the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 5 shall be deleted and replacedby the following:§ 1. - Unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipmentand inserted in the bill of lading, neither the carrier nor the ship shall in any event be or become liablefor any loss or damage to or in connection with goods in an amount exceeding the equivalent of 10,000francs per package or unit or 30 francs per kilo of gross weight of the goods lost or damaged, or 3,000francs per unit of volume mentioned in the bill of lading, the choice being left to the claimant.The total amount recoverable shall be calculated by reference to the value of such goods at the placeand time at which the goods are discharged from the ship in accordance with the contract or should havebeen so discharged.The value of the goods shall be fixed according to the commodity exchange price, or, if there be nosuch price, according to the current market price, or, if there be no commodity exchange price or currentmarket price, by reference to the normal value of goods of the same kind and quality.A franc means a unit consisting of 65.5 milligrammes of gold of millesimal fineness 900’.